The Catalan admitted that on those occasions he has struggled to keep player focused - but with City still on course to break points, goals and winning margin records, he believes it could provide the incentive he needs to keep his squad at their optimum until the end of the season.

"In the past when I won the league five, six, seven games before the end, the next few games were not good and we were not able to keep going," he said.

"But a good argument to keep going is the records. The important thing is to win the title but maybe the records can help us be focused against the teams fighting to avoid relegation.